Artist Profile

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~ 1967 ~
Born: Toledo, Ohio

~ 1997 ~
BFA • Bowling Green
State University

~ 1999 ~
Apprenticeship Under
Monsieur Patrick Betaudier
Monflanquin, France

~ 2002 ~
MFA • Painting & Drawing
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois

~ 2002-2005 ~
J.E.T. Program
Naga-cho, Naga-gun
Wakayama-ken, Japan

2009
Visiting Artist
University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky

 

Awards

2003aaaNew Artist Award ~ Issen National Artists Society
2003aaaOutstanding Achievement In Painting

2003aaaWakayama Prefectural Artist's Shield Award
2003aaaOutstanding Achievement In Western Painting

2002aaaWakayama Prefectural Artist's Shield Award
2003aaaNew Artist Honorable Mention

2002aaaNaga-Gun Painting Society New Artist Award

2001aa Jack and Eleanor Olson Scholarship Award
2002aaaOutstanding Studio Achievements

2000aaaJack and Eleanor Olson Scholarship Award
2002aaaOutstanding Studio Achievements

1999aaaNorris Gallery Outstanding Achievement In Painting Award

1998aaaVan Wert County Art Club New Artist Award

1997aaaJames W. Strong Superior Studio Achievement Award

1997aaaFirst Place In Painting ~ Bowling Green State University
1997aaaAnnual Juried Exhibition

Invitational Exhibitions

2009aaaFlower, Nature and Landscape Show ~ Murphy Hill Gallery
1997aaaChicago, IL

2008aaaAtelier Neo-Medici Spring Exhibition, Monflanquin, France

2008aaaMacabre ~ Space 237 Annual Fall Invitational, Toledo, Ohio

2008aaa33 Collective's 1st Annual Member's Invitational, Chicago, IL

2007aaaReality Show ~ Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2006aaaConcepts In Realism ~ Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2006aaaEXP Invitational ~ EXP Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2005aaaTwelve Plus One ~ Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Solo Exhibitions

2004aaaAfter The Fall ~ DeKalb Gallery, DeKalb, Illinois

2003aaaInward Journey ~ Gallery MoMokan, Wakayama City, Japan

2002aaaTransformations ~ DeKalb Gallery, DeKalb, Illinoois

Juried Competitions

2004aaa6th Annual Competition of Japanese Artists
2002aaaFriends of Europe and The Arts
2002aaaJapan International Artists Society
2002aaaConnoisseur’s Gallery, Paris, France
           
2002aaaExposition of Contemporary Japanese Visual Art in Cuba
2002aaa75th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic
2002aaaRelations Between Cuba and Japan
2002aaaJapan International Artists Society
2002aaaNational Competition in Tokyo
2002aaaNational Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba

2003aaa54th Annual Issen Art National Arts Competition
2002aaaTokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
           
2002aaa54th Annual Issen Art National Arts Competition
2002aaaOsaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
           
2002aaa28th Annual Japan International Artists Society
2002aaaInternational Art Exhibition
2002aaaTokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

2002aaa57th Annual Wakayama Prefecture Arts Exhibition
2002aaaWakayama City, Japan

2002aaa56th Annual Wakayama Prefecture Arts Exhibition
2003aaaWakayama City, Japan

2001aaa25th Annual Alice and Arthur Baer Art Competition & Exhibition
2003aaaBeverly Art Center, Chicago, Illinois

2000aaaVisions 2000 Juried International Art Competition
2003aaaChicago Windy City Artists
2003aaaZarem / Golde ORT Technical Institute, Chicago, Illinois

2003aaa7th Annual International New Art Showcase
2003aaaLimner Gallery, New York, NY

2003aaaNorris Gallery Vicinity 2000
2003aaaSt. Charles, Illinois

2003aaa50th Annual Quad - State Juried Art Exhibition
2003aaaQuincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois

2003aaaNinth Annual College Student Competition
2003aaaNicole Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1999aaaNorris Gallery Vicinity 99
2003aaaSt. Charles, Illinois
2003aaa
1998aaaArt On View 98
2003aaaSoutheastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
           
2003aaaAnnual June Art Exhibit
2003aaaWassenberg Art Center, Van Wert, Ohio
2003aaa
2003aaa46th Annual Spring Show
2003aaaArt Space Lima, Lima, Ohio
2003aaa
2003aaaZanesville Art Center Spring Show
2003aaaZanesville, Ohio

1997aaa45th Annual Spring Show
2003aaaArt Space Lima, Lima, Ohio

2003aaaBowling Green State University Annual Juried Exhibition
2003aaaDorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, Ohio

Non-Juried Exhibitions

2002aaaNate Sogo Center Annual Cultural Exhibition
2003aaaNate-cho, Wakayama-ken, Japan           
2003aaa
2003aaaMFA Graduate Student Group Exhibition
2003aaaJack Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University
2003aaaDeKalb, Illinois

2001aaaOak Park Art League Remembrance Exhibition
2003aaaOak Park, Illinois
           
2003aaaCenter for Latino Studies Graduate Exhibition
2003aaaNorthern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
                                               
2000aaa8th Annual Chicago Art Open 2000
2003aaaChicago Artists Coalition
2003aaaWest Jackson Blvd. 3rd Floor Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2003aaaNorthern Renaissance Painting Exhibition
2003aaaJack Arends Hall, Northern Illinois University
2003aaaDeKalb, Illinois